Accelerate Your Macintosh! PowerLogix 233mhz 604e card PreView

=Summary=
PROS: Excellent performance, agressive pricing/bundles.
CONS: Fixed bus/cpu speeds, may require faster cache.
MacBench 4.0 scores

Intro:

We've gotten a lot of requests for reviews of PowerLogix 's new line of 604e processor upgrades recently, and this is the first in a series of reviews covering their PowerBoost^TM line. Since we had to return the card quickly, this is a "preview" rather than a full review.
The card received for testing was their PowerBoost^TM 233mhz model with fixed bus speed. Although the card is called a 233, the actual clock speed is 240mhz, due to the lack of available 46.6mhz oscillators. A 48mhz osc. is used, with a x5 ratio for a cpu speed of 240mhz.
PowerLogix has stated we will be receiving the "Pro" adjustable speed model as soon as supply is able to keep up with customer demand. The Pro models feature a unique adjustable bus/cpu speed "remote control", which makes fine tuning the card easier than any currently available design, while providing the largest number of bus speed settings to boot. We eagerly await a full test with the Pro model in the near future.
In addition, we received a very special test item - the unannounced "Ultra" 1 meg L2 cache dimm. This cache is so new that it has not been announced to the public. Initial testing with this cache is very promising, as it is the only 1 meg cache we have ever tested that worked with the XLR8 line of processor upgrades.

Base System Notes:

The base system used to test the PowerBoost^TM was our standard PowerMac 8500, with 32megs of matched memory (60ns), standard built-in video with 4 megs Vram, running OS 7.6. Disk cache was 512k, Speed doubler 2 and LibMoto were active (Speed Doublers faster disk access was disabled). Quicktime 2.5 and Quickdraw 3d extensions were also enabled (as done in prev. testing). Due to the short review cycle and to minimize test time, the card was tested with the supplied PowerLogix "Ultra" 1 meg cache installed.

Benchmark Notes:

All tests were run using MacBench 4.0 . All graphics tests were run at 1024x768, thousands of colors , not the lower resolutions and color settings used by most of the magazine reviews. We feel our settings are more in tune with actual users. Consider this when evaluating the video scores. Scores in general were the highest we've seen with any card so far, but this is also the fastest clock speed card we've tested with a 1 meg cache - and it shows!.

PowerLogix PowerBoost^TM 233 Specifics:

Fixed 48mhz bus speed.
Fixed 240mhz CPU speed (x5 ratio).

PowerLogix PowerBoost^TM 233mhz Upgrade MacBench Scores

For a graph showing the stock 8500/120 (256k cache) scores - click Here

For a graph showing the stock 8500/120 (512k cache) scores - click Here

For a graph of XLR8-225 (at 47mhz bus/235mhz cpu speeds) using the
Powerlogix 1 meg Ultra cache - click Here

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=Summary= PROS: Excellent performance, agressive pricing/bundles. CONS: Fixed bus/cpu speeds, may require faster cache. MacBench 4.0 scores
Intro:
We've gotten a lot of requests for reviews of PowerLogix 's new line of 604e processor upgrades recently, and this is the first in a series of reviews covering their PowerBoost^TM line. Since we had to return the card quickly, this is a "preview" rather than a full review. The card received for testing was their PowerBoost^TM 233mhz model with fixed bus speed. Although the card is called a 233, the actual clock speed is 240mhz, due to the lack of available 46.6mhz oscillators. A 48mhz osc. is used, with a x5 ratio for a cpu speed of 240mhz. PowerLogix has stated we will be receiving the "Pro" adjustable speed model as soon as supply is able to keep up with customer demand. The Pro models feature a unique adjustable bus/cpu speed "remote control", which makes fine tuning the card easier than any currently available design, while providing the largest number of bus speed settings to boot. We eagerly await a full test with the Pro model in the near future. In addition, we received a very special test item - the unannounced "Ultra" 1 meg L2 cache dimm. This cache is so new that it has not been announced to the public. Initial testing with this cache is very promising, as it is the only 1 meg cache we have ever tested that worked with the XLR8 line of processor upgrades.
Base System Notes:
The base system used to test the PowerBoost^TM was our standard PowerMac 8500, with 32megs of matched memory (60ns), standard built-in video with 4 megs Vram, running OS 7.6. Disk cache was 512k, Speed doubler 2 and LibMoto were active (Speed Doublers faster disk access was disabled). Quicktime 2.5 and Quickdraw 3d extensions were also enabled (as done in prev. testing). Due to the short review cycle and to minimize test time, the card was tested with the supplied PowerLogix "Ultra" 1 meg cache installed.
Benchmark Notes:
All tests were run using MacBench 4.0 . All graphics tests were run at 1024x768, thousands of colors , not the lower resolutions and color settings used by most of the magazine reviews. We feel our settings are more in tune with actual users. Consider this when evaluating the video scores. Scores in general were the highest we've seen with any card so far, but this is also the fastest clock speed card we've tested with a 1 meg cache - and it shows!.
PowerLogix PowerBoost^TM 233 Specifics:
Fixed 48mhz bus speed. Fixed 240mhz CPU speed (x5 ratio).
PowerLogix PowerBoost^TM 233mhz Upgrade MacBench Scores